NEW DELHI: Renowned British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking died today. He was 76.
Hawking had a rare early-onset slow-progressing form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease or Lou Gehrig's disease, that gradually paralysed him over the decades.

Very sad news. Will be missed massively. His discoveries were ahead of time.
Epitome of a fighter. Being told at a young age that he won't survive more than a year , he kept on fighting the disease and contributed massively to field of science.

I guess coming from Engineering background, he was our hero.. so it's tough for me to imagine somebody not knowing about him.

Read his book "A brief history of time" in late 90s many times over.. later bought an illustrated version in 2008 or so.. still fascinated and wanna know more about his work.. and read his other books, but life and work won't permit enough time.

Amazing what he was able to achieve despite the disability.. he prolly used it as a boon, knowing how smart he was.

Think about it.. the limitations of daily life, family and career were gone, the tiredness of the body, other issues.. all drown out in face of the enormous disability he had. It's a blessing actually, if you look at it the right way, and I'm sure he did.